Written answers
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
- Pharmacy Services
559. To ask the Minister for Health what additional services he and his Department are looking for pharmacists to be involved in as part of negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the... - Hospital Facilities
560. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate estimate cost to upgrade Ennis Hospital to Model Three status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29851/23] - Data Protection
561. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 468 of 5 November 2019, if he will provide an update in respect of bloodspot screening cards that were retained without... - Hospital Appointments Status
562. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an operation at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, Limerick and has not received an appointment... - Hospital Services
563. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 16 May 2023, the reason for the removal of the service; if there is an intention to replace the service; if not,... - Healthcare Policy
564. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the EU to extend the EU Cross-Border Health Directive (2014) to all residents of Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the... - Care Services
565. To ask the Minister for Health if targeted international recruitment with an agreed relocation allowance is taking place to fill vacant therapist roles in primary care services; if not, if... - Pharmacy Services
566. To ask the Minister for Health under the Public Service Pay and Pension Act 2017, if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a... - Hospital Appointments Status
567. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29091/23] - Pharmacy Services
569. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the restoration of community pharmacists pay is in line with public service pay agreements, prior to FEMPI; and if he... - Hospital Appointments Status
573. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [29097/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a psychology appointment in CHO1; the breakdown of the time they have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement... - Health Services Staff
610. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ophthalmologists attached to both CHI Crumlin and CHI Temple Street in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in... - Hospital Staff
612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE cardiac physiologists attached to University Hospital Waterford in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will... - Health Services
613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation beds opened in CHO5 in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will... - Hospital Appointments Status
614. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29166/23] - Pharmacy Services
616. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a shortage of supply of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products in Ireland; his plans to ensure a regular supply of these products; and if... - Health Services Staff
617. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration that is being given to addressing the pay disparity between Section 38 and Section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Pharmacy Services
620. To ask the Minister for Health the representative bodies he and his Department have engaged with as part of the review of community pharmacies services, the representative bodies that remain... - Healthcare Policy
623. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the HSE Amyloidosis Working Group report, a new model of care and national guidelines, which was submitted in August 2020, approved in... - Health Services Waiting Lists
625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that are currently on the waiting list to attend a weight management clinic (details supplied) by CHO, in tabular form broken down by... - Health Services
626. To ask the Minister for Health how many people are currently attending a weight management clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29185/23] - Health Promotion
628. To ask the Minister for Health if he is in favour of a ban on all e-cigarette product flavours, barring tobacco flavour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29187/23] - Hospital Admissions
630. To ask the Minister for Health if a long-term bed will be offered to a person (details supplied) in the Killarney or Kenmare area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29202/23] - Medical Cards
631. To ask the Minister for Health about the case of a person (details supplied), who despite being a medical card holder has been charged for blood tests despite these being necessary as part... - Health Services Staff
632. To ask the Minister for Health how the number of primary care therapists eg physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists etc employed in each CHO area is... - Medical Cards
634. To ask the Minister for Health for an update plan for changes to the GP visit card eligibility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29217/23] - Hospital Services
635. To ask the Minister for Health why Tipperary University Hospital is being grouped with hospitals from Dublin and the South East as part of the realignment process, rather than with hospitals... - Health Services
636. To ask the Minister for Health the current eye care services available to children aged eight years and over in CHO9. [29240/23] - Health Services Waiting Lists
638. To ask the Minister for Health the current average wait time for an appointment with HSE eye clinics for children in the CHO9 area. [29242/23] - Health Services
640. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a standardised eye-care programme for children aged eight years and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29244/23] - Capital Expenditure Programme
642. To ask the Minister for Health to list the project expenditure and total annual quantum of capital expenditure with associated and relevant capital project name and reference details under... - Mental Health Services
643. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department’s look-back review into Kerry CAMHS should go back further than July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29276/23] - Hospital Transfers
644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a hospital issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29281/23] - Hospital Waiting Lists
645. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29282/23] - Hospital Procedures
646. To ask the Minister for Health the reason only one consultant is carrying out paediatric ENT surgeries on patients in CHU (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Promotion
647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will be sending a representative to the Global Congress on Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes in Geneva.... - Cancer Services
648. To ask the Minister for Health to list the hospitals with the National Acute Oncology Nursing Service to assist patients undergoing active cancer treatment in avoiding attending the... - General Practitioner Services
650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to assist a woman (details supplied) to find a new GP surgery to attend as a matter of urgency. [29313/23] - Health Service Executive
651. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer has been briefed on the NCPE’s ongoing activity; what reporting requirements are in place... - Hospital Appointments Status
652. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29317/23] - Nursing Homes
653. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29318/23] - Cancer Services
655. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the bowel screening programme to people aged 55 to 74 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29340/23] - Hospital Charges
657. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing parking charges at public hospitals for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29342/23] - Medical Cards
658. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing medical cards to all cancer patients upon diagnosis to cessation of treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Prescriptions Charges
659. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29344/23] - Medicinal Products
660. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the threshold of the drugs payment scheme to a maximum of €72 per patient per month; and if he will make a statement on... - Public Sector Pay
661. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the public service record of a person (details supplied) is not being considered on entry point level given they have a pervious service record; and... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
662. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 599 of 25 April 2023 and 622 of 16 May 2023, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the change of scope of works to... - Health Services Staff
664. To ask the Minister for Health the number of grievance and dignity at work cases submitted by HSE employees to management and recorded by employee relations in each CHO in 2022 and to date... - Mental Health Services
666. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of inpatient beds for CAMHS; if he will explain the difference between the numbers cited in Parliamentary Question No. 626 of 31 May... - Disabilities Assessments
667. To ask the Minister for Health if there are national standards for assessing ADHD; if so, if these are applied in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29381/23] - Disability Services
668. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the work carried out by the Changing Lives Initiative to date; the plans that are in place for the further roll-out of the Changing Lives... - Disabilities Assessments
669. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young people on CAMHS waiting lists who are waiting on an ADHD assessment, by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29383/23] - Mental Health Services
670. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists by CHO and length of wait for May 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29384/23] - Health Services
672. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to analysis conducted (details supplied) which shows that Ireland is slipping down the rankings when it comes to the number of... - Medicinal Products
674. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has plans to fund the drug, dupilumab which is used to treat a form of asthma, under the reimbursement scheme; if so, when; and if... - Hospital Appointments Status
676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied) through the national treatment purchase fund. [29422/23] - Health Services Staff
677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency nurses working in each of the three children's emergency departments within Dublin in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in... - Hospital Procedures
679. To ask the Minister for Health the number of laparoscopic gastric bypass surgeries performed at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29436/23] - Hospital Closures
680. To ask the Minister for Health to outline how donors to St. Brigid's District Hospital Carrick-on-Suir can claim their money back after the hospital was closed in 2020. [29444/23] - Health Services
681. To ask the Minister for Health how much each section 38 and 39 organisation receives from the HSE per hour to fund personal assistant services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - State Bodies
684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the implementation of circular 25/2016 by each State body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will provide, in tabular form, by... - Disabilities Assessments
685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessments of need performed by each CHO in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [29492/23] - Nursing Homes
686. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the funding allocation for public nursing homes under the HSE's jurisdiction, if there has been an increase in funding per resident in 2023 for... - Health Services Staff
687. To ask the Minister for Health how many of the 22 neurologist speciality nurse positions that were announced have been filled to date; if he will list the areas that still have vacancies in... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
689. To ask the Minister for Health the major capital works that were carried out at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan in 2022 and to date in 2023; the nature of these works; and the additional capital... - Health Services Staff
690. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost to recruit one additional WTE genetic consultant and one extra WTE genetic counsellor, in tabular form. [29579/23] - Hospital Staff
691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Portiuncula University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29580/23] - Health Services Staff
692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthodontists employed by the HSE in CHO5 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29581/23] - Hospital Staff
693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical specialist physiotherapists in musculoskeletal triage at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in... - Health Services Staff
694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, at the HSE National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics; and the estimated full-year cost of filling these vacancies, in... - Mental Health Services
695. To ask the Minister for Health the early intervention psychosis services currently available within CHO8. [29584/23] - Hospital Staff
696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE plastic surgeon registrars working in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29585/23] - Hospital Procedures
697. To ask the Minister for Health the number of heart transplant procedures carried out to date in 2023, in tabular form. [29586/23] - Hospital Staff
698. To ask the Minister for Health the WTE number of dietitians employed by Naas General Hospital; and the specific services in which these dietitians are employed, in tabular form. [29587/23] - Vaccination Programme
699. To ask the Minister for Health the origins of emails sent by clerical staff of the Cork HSE mental health services on 7 January 2021 offering the possibility of priority Covid vaccines to... - Nursing Homes
700. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation in relation to a nursing home (details supplied); the role the HSE plays in the management and functioning of the facility; if the HSE... - Medicinal Products
701. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug, sativex, will be made available for people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29595/23] - Health Services
702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who were assessed by addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation facilities in 2022, in tabular form. [29596/23] - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
703. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm that the Health Service Executive is planning a new cancer unit and public health care centre for its site on Davitt Road; if the primary... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
704. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to extend special leave with pay for sufferers of long-Covid beyond 30 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29610/23] - Bus Services
706. To ask the Minister for Health about a bus route being added for patients from Killarney to Kenmare Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29622/23] - Medicinal Products
707. To ask the Minister for Health whether his Department is considering funding medications and therapies for persons with early onset Parkinson's (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
708. To ask the Minister for Health whether the decision to exclude Section 39 workers from the Covid recognition payment who provided essential front-line work in homeless services throughout... - Qualifications Recognition
709. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the CORU accreditation application for social care courses in MTU Cork. [29651/23] - Health Services
711. To ask the Minister for Health the average annual cost of an addiction stepdown bed. [29653/23] - Hospital Admissions
714. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite the admission of a person (details supplied) to the National Rehabilitation Hospital. [29662/23] - Abortion Services
715. To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce the safe access zone legislation in order that women availing of legal services can do so in peace; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Strategies
717. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) calling for a national strategy for haemochromatosis to be developed in... - Departmental Investigations
718. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1312 of 13 June 2023 and as per original question, if he will answer the question on whether "this clear neglect of a... - Housing Provision
721. To ask the Minister for Health what his plans are for a disused building that could be potentially made available for homeless/family/refugee housing (details supplied); and if he will make... - Medicinal Products
722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application for pricing and reimbursement of (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29728/23] - Departmental Funding
724. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can provide any form of funding, one-off or recurring, to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Nursing Homes
725. To ask the Minister for Health the number of facilities that have closed and ceased operations, by name and location, since the payments were awarded, of the recent TAPS payments of nearly... - Health Service Executive
727. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public representatives who applied to HSE management for consent to make political videos on the grounds of HSE health settings in CHO4 for the... - General Practitioner Services
728. To ask the Minister for Health if SouthDoc services will remain unchanged in the Kerry area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29813/23] - Health Services
729. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a review of the community ophthalmic services medical treatment scheme; if he will request this process to be expedited in view of... - Healthcare Policy
731. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on how and when public funding for IVF treatment will be distributed; when funding for treatment through the public hospital system... - Health Services
732. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure an individual is supported in seeking specialist care in the UK (details supplied). [29841/23] - Medical Aids and Appliances
734. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all equipment and aids, including specialist chairs, provided to individuals are non-flammable; and if he will make a... - Hospital Staff
735. To ask the Minister for Health if the significant vacancy in the post of paediatric neurology consultant at UHL has been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29850/23] - Dental Services
736. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the situation when a member of the public is unable to secure their own dentist; what he will do for them; and if he will make a statement on the...
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